James Brett - Why Plant for Peace

Plant for Peace is about the coming together of people, understanding cultures, fulfilling needs
and
respecting beliefs. It is the basic human emotion between us all that makes us want to reach out
and
help. We all have needs and when those needs are not met problems occur. Plant for Peace is a
simple
pragmatic methodology that helps real people in their communities develop a way of life
conducive to
their own culture, beliefs and needs. Having an understanding of those different cultures,
beliefs and
needs is what makes Plant for Peace possible.

Plant for Peace is designed to enable local communities to utilise natural resources through
agriculture
and horticulture to create economically viable, environmentally sustainable systems that ensure
they
become stable progressive participants of the global food chain whilst developing their own
communities
and fulfilling their own needs.

Our respect of the food chain in the context of sustaining our natural environment and the part
that
humanity plays in the natural cycle of life determines our day to day survival. Food sustains us
as
individuals, but the more natural the food, how we produce it and how we replenish the natural
resource
not only affects our participation of life, but life in its entirety.

It is our experiences that make us who we are, regardless of whether those experiences are
positive or
negative. I have been fortunate to have experienced a diversity that has been second to none and
I am
very grateful to be part of Plant for Peace, a way of life that has given me the direction and
opportunity I so desperately needed. I am grateful to everyone that has helped and continues to
help to
try and change the lives of millions of people around the world.